अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः
सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञः ।
ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्धं
ब्रह्मापि तं नरं न रञ्जयति ॥
ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ
sukhataram ārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ |
jñāna-lava-durvidagdhaṁ
brahmāpi taṁ naraṁ na rañjayati
(Nīti-śatakam: 3)
“The ignorant are easily propitiable,
The highly learned are propitiated even more easily,
[But] A person misguided by a meager modicum of knowledge—
Not even Brahmā can satisfy him.”